These can bring potential danger to the doorstep of every customer who buys a home delivery meal. And the increasing malpractice around rented-out accounts also leaves the drivers open to exploitation, including modern slavery for desperate immigrants.
It’s bonkers, of course, because the only people renting accounts are those who know they can’t pass the disclosure tests. The UK Government should take another look at this murky field, with a specific eye on the abusive rental of accounts – a red beacon that crime could be taking place. Inflation and public sector pay rises mean he has had to find £1.2billion of savings to fill a funding black hole.